TONIGHT, INCLUDING THIS ONE ON THE 408. THEY SAY MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE WET WEATHER. NEW AT 11, A LOCAL BUSINESS FEARS AN ARSONIST IS OUT TO GET THEM. ONE OF THEIR BUILDINGS WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND NOW A NEW ONE HAS BEEN TARGETED, AS WELL. THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE POPULAR AREA KNOWN AS WAUCHIVA INSIDE THE SPRINGS PARK. SHAWN IS THERE LIVE. SHAWN, THESE PEOPLE PUT UP A PRETTY BIG REWARD. THEY REALLY WANT TO CATCH WHOEVER'S DOING THIS. Reporter: YEAH, MATT, AND YOU COULD SEE WHY. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY TRIED PRETTY HARD TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN. TAKE A LOOK RIGHT HERE. THE OWNERS THINK THAT WHOEVER DID THIS SPENT NEARLY AN HOUR LIGHTING LITTLE FIRES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEN POURING FUEL ALL OVER THE BUILDING. WHEN THEY TRIED TO BURN-OUT HERE. YOU LOOK THERE'S LIKE CHARRED SPOTS. THESE PATCHES OF CHARRED WOOD DON'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT IT'S THE INTENTION BEHIND THEM THAT WORRIES MARY SUE. WE'RE SCARED. I MEAN WE'RE AFRAID THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME BACK DOWN AND BURN SOMETHING ELSE. CHARRED PATCHES AROUND THE DECK, UNDER DOORS, ON WINDOWS. SHE THINKS WHOEVER LIT THESE FIRES TRIED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES OR MORE TO BURN DOWN THE OFFICE AND MEETING ROOM AT WAUCHIVA ISLAND AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN HIT BUY A MYSTERIOUS FIRE. THE BUILDING WAS ON FIRE AND IT BURNED TO THE GROUND. THREE MONTHS AGO THE FIRE DESTROYED THE BAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. BACK THEN FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. BUT AFTER SUFFERING A SECOND FIRE NOW BEING INVESTIGATED AS ARSON, THE OWNERS FEAR THERE'S SOMEONE OUT TO GET THEM. NOW THEY WANT THE FIRST FIRE'S INVESTIGATION REOPENED. MY HUSBAND HAS ASKED THEM TO REOPEN IT. YOU KNOW, THE FIRE MARSHAL STANDS BEHIND HIS WORD THAT IT WAS ELECTRICAL. BUT HE FEELS NOW THAT THIS WAS ARSON BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS CLEARLY ARSON. THIS IS OUR LIFE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT. WE LOVE THE RIVER. AND SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS. SO NOW THERE IS A $10,000 REWARD TO HELP CATCH THESE GUYS. NOW, AFTER GETTING HIT WITH ROUGHLY $20,000 IN WATER, SMOKE AND FIRE DAMAGE, THESE FOLKS ARE DEFINITELY TAKING PRECAUTIONS. THEY HAVE ASKED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO STEP UP PATROLS AROUND HERE AND THEY'VE HIRED 24-HOUR SECURITY TO PREVENT ANOTHER FIRE.

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